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Latest blog posts from Houston Strategies

Milwaukee commentary on Houston
A while back, an editorial columnist from Milwaukee called me to talk about Houston's free-market land use and development philosophy. His column finally came out last week in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and it has some great stuff in it.This notion that more houses are good isn’t... Read more...
Published 2 days ago

The Rise of Urban Romanticism
Quite a while back, someone sent me a link to an interesting white paper from New Zealand's Center for Resource Management Studies titled "The Rise of Urban Romanticism (or The New Road to Serfdom)". I finally got a chance to read it, and I think it has a really interesting perspective. He... Read more...
Published 6 days ago

Accessibility vs. mobility, zoning amok, Kunstler, NZ, and more
Some more smaller misc items for your weekend enjoyment:Stories of zoning run amok, with amusing commentary.The Austin Contrarian hilariously dismantles James Kunstler's anti-suburban arguments (really more rants), even better than when I did it a few years back.A commentary on affordable housing... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Harvard prof on Houston (again) and transport energy
I'm back in town, but I have a major project due Friday, so I'll just be passing along some smaller misc items split across this post and another later in the week:An interesting graph and discussion of energy use by different modes of transport, including various transit and personal vehicle... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Living in new urbanism
I'm staying at the Chautauqua Institution lakefront resort in western NY state this week, and thought I'd pass on some personal observations about living in a new urbanist community. Well, to be technical, it's old urbanism - it started in 1874 - but it absolutely fits many new urbanist ideals:... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

Rankings, urban corridors, managed lanes, and more
I'm in western NY state on vacation. Saw the awe-inspiring Niagara Falls and the depressing "red brick ruins" (old abandoned industrial sites) and housing of Buffalo. Now in Corning, NY to go to their famous glass museum, while staying at this amazing bed and breakfast. But get this: the B&B... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

What message is your city telling you?
Paul Graham wrote a great essay a while back called "Cities and Ambition" that I've been meaning to blog on for quite a while. His basic theme is that each city has its own subtle message it's sending you about what's important and how you should direct your ambition.Here are some of his... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago

Puncturing Rail Myths
Just wanted to pass along this excellent data-based analysis of rail myths and realities (hat tip to Barry). To be frank, it contradicts my own support of some LRT and some commuter rail, but it's really important we understand the limitations of rail, even if we still decide to pursue some of... Read more...
Published a month ago

One gas solution, rail to the airport, graphs, recycling, and more
As we enjoy the much-needed rain from a fortunately weak Edouard, I thought I'd pass along some of the smaller items that have built up:An interesting graph from this story shows that Houston Harris County has had the least increase in Democratic voting over the last 30 years vs. every other... Read more...
Published a month ago

The New Boomtowns
Joel Kotkin has a recent piece out on the new energy and commodity boomtowns, and of course Houston gets prominent placement:...there has been a shift in the balance of economic power away from financial and information centers like New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco. These... Read more...
Published a month ago

Adapting Metro Solutions to the new realities
"When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?"- John Maynard KeynesWe need a new conversation in this town, and we need it very soon before it's too late. When we passed the 2003 Metro Solutions referendum, gas was a $1.50 a gallon and commuter demand was low, so we focused it... Read more...
Published a month ago

UH Tier 1 Flagship, rankings, plans, fans, and more
According to the Chronicle today, seven different universities are going to pitch the legislature on being elevated to Tier 1 research university funding status at the same level as UT-Austin and TAMU (extra $70m a year). They may choose one or two, but it's unlikely to be more than that.... Read more...
Published a month ago